Laravel Route resource does not delete table data? - php

Question

working with Laravel 5.6 and Mysql. and need delete table data using following data.
<td><a class="button is-outlined" href="/student/{{$student->id}}/delete">Delete</a></td>
and Controller delete function is,
public function delete($id)
{
DB::table('students')
->where('id', $id)
->delete();
return redirect()->back();
}
and route is like this,
Route::resource('student','StudentController');
but when click delete button it is generated following error message,
(1/1) NotFoundHttpException
how can fix this problem?

Answer 1

If you use resource controller, you can't generate a link for the DELETE method.
By the way, it's not delete method, but destroy method and link.
The DELETE method expects the request to have DELETE header (like POST, GET or PUT).
The simplest way is to define an URL for you delete method :
Route::get('student/{site}/delete', ['as' => 'student.delete', 'uses' => 'StudentController#delete']);
Or you must use a form like this to call DELETE header :
<form action="{{ route('student.destroy', $studentId) }}" method="POST">
#method('DELETE')
#csrf
<button>Delete</button>
</form>
And you need to change the name of your method :
public function destroy($id)

Answer 2

If you are using Resource Controller you can try this. You can try to DELETE using AJAX Call too.
<td><a class="button is-outlined" id="delete-record">Delete</a></td>
DELETE verb will automatically call destroy action from your Resource Controller.
public function destroy($id)
{
$deleted = DB::table('students')
->where('id', $id)
->delete();
// return number of deleted records
return $deleted;
}
And to perform DELETE use AJAX call like this.
$('#delete-record').click(function(){
$.ajax({
url: '/student/'+{{$student->id}},
type: 'DELETE', // user.destroy
success: function(result) {
console.log("Success");
console.log("No. Of Deleted Records = "+result);
}
});
});
I hope this solution will also work like above one that is already provided.